Before we work with someone, or attend an eventBefore we click on a link, or consume some content.

We read the reviews, we ask aroundWe do our due diligence to determineIf this right here is worthy Of our timeOf our attentionOf our hard earned cash.

There’s nothing outrageously wrong with thatOur time is precious, our lives are importantOur choice of who, to give ourselves toShapes the essence of our experience.

But as the earth is to sky, there is shadow and lightAnd by holding on so tight to our pretty little livesWe might be giving away more than we realise.

Let’s say it worked. That I believed in what I bought before I bought itMy work is doneNow it’s up to themTo the event, to the contentTo the device I paid a hefty little price for.

Or let’s say I’m still not sold. But alas I have been toldI must attend this team eventThere is no way to circumventSo with arms crossed and furrowed browI wait impatiently to be wowedAnd again, my work is doneIt’s up to them.

Either way, I am a passenger. Waiting to be driven. Waiting to be taught, to be told and to be led.

Either way, I play no roleTake no responsibility For contributing to that which seeks to serveThe softer side of me.

My expectation of the worldTo save me, to entertain meTo fix, shift and change meIs stopping it from ever happening to me.

I might’ve bought a ticketPaid for seats up front or evenGone as far as finding something that is guaranteed to work.

But then I wait.

To be taught, to be told, to be led.

It’s not working.

It’s their fault.

I WANT MY MONEY BACK

And I’ll tell everyone how terrible they are.

Waaaaaaaaa

HMPH!

hmm…

Maybe proof has less to doWith them and more to do with you

Sure we all want to get valueGet the most out of our buckKnow that they, the ones that sold meReally do give two f@#ksBut truthfullyYou can find a Phd in anythingIf you’re willing.

You can learn before, beyond and betweenWhat you paid for.You can turn a waste of timeInto the moment that definesYour future life.

That’s how powerful you are.

If you are willing…

Shift your body side to side of what you’re facingMove from waiting, to participatingBe a consumer and a contributionAnd you’ll amplify and own your own evolution.

From thereThe whole wide world becomes every possible solutionAnd then some.

I love listening to great songwritersSpeaking lightly of their lyricsNever giving up the meaningThat they found embedded in them

See they’re wise enoughAnd selfless enoughTo leave the meaningUp to us

Inviting our own heart and mindTo feel, to seek, to connect and findThe authentic subjective significanceOf our own embodied experience

Then the song becomes oursThe meaning we make becomes oursThe action we take becomes oursWe get to own ourselves again

Let us not waitTo be taught, to be told, to be ledLet us learn out loud togetherSide by side with every teacherBuild on all that we are givenAll we pay for and we sit inGo beyond the proofAnd turn each moment into moments we will remember.